1st Gen Taco Kit

Enter the DARK SIDE ..........

 

Now don't get all out of shape that i am giving up on my 1st gens because i am NOT. My plan is to make the black 2nd into a daily driver as we have a baby on the way and need the room. I will take my red one off the road and put it away with the intention of bring it back to its former glory. To do this i need to stop driving it in the winter. The hiho silver parts truck will be used to rebuild red and then live up to the cabin as a play truck.

 

Happy that you don't give up on the first gen!

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/canadian-family-taco-build-and-bs.527692/

Just going to leave this here still rocking 1st gen as my dd

 

This is my truck today at work sitting outside in the snow / salt / cold / slush. I parked next to a 2nd gen so they could talk

 

That damn salt eh!

 

I am always shocked at the amount of rust you poor folks have to deal with. Keep up the good work.

 

I dream of a truck with no rust and no need of rustproof treatment lol when I see guys from the south working on their clean rig and asking if that little rust spot is a problem, I am jelly haha. Everytime we work on our trucks it is with a hammer, torches and spare bolts lol

 

lol I am grateful for lack of road salt down here.

 

all caught up.

this was my favorite post of them all haha

and for future reference to get proper before and after measurement for lift, measure from the middle of your centre cap of the rim to fender

 

Guys thanks for all the help, kind words, offers of parts, even the occasional like to let me know someone is getting a kick out of my Tacoma wrenching adventures and my sense of humor or lack of one (depending who you ask)

I am going to put a copy of this post in my other two builds so if ppl were following they can check out my two other trucks and the progress or lack of that has been made.

2007 Tacoma
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/canadian-family-taco-build-and-bs.527692/

Update: at the dealer waiting on new frame this build includes ball joints, headaches, and more headaches

2002 Tacoma V6
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/jons-canadian-taco-build-up-2002-tacoma-v6-4x4.473134/

Update: still driving it daily, near future rust checked, serviced, paint the inside cab floor. This build includes such things as ball joints, lift, new frame, steering rack and BS

2004 Tacoma V6 Parts Truck
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/lets-find-that-lost-cylinder-5-out-of-6-aint-bad-right.475084/

Update: I cleaned the injectors myself and then had to move onto other projects, this build includes, epic trip to purchase, lots of trouble shooting why its only running on 5 cylinders.


2018 Baby Parker

Update: No Baby ..... but Dr. said any day, wife is doing fine she just wants to eat chips and Popsicle's

 

lol it was funny at the time and still is

 

Man O man salt kills, everything on the road now i would say is not older then 8 years old. People in Newfoundland do not wear out a car or truck it just rusts apart

 

My first gen friends I did some undercoating on the 02 today put a full can of fluid filim on it



You can see where the tires were

I have a hose attached to my under coating guy to put in the frame and spray.

I think this truck is to the point that it needs a good pressure wash during the summer to get all the crud and years of rust check build up off

1st gen 4 life

 

I have a set of Baja widetrack tires 32x11.5x15 on Chrome rims that came off my old 1992 4 cyl 22re truck. I know the backspacing on the 4 cyl and 6 Cyl rims were different back in the early 90's but this was with stock rims. Wonder if they will fit my 2002 V6 ?

 

It would look good!

 

will 15'' rims clear the caliper? don't know much of first gens, but I don't think you could ever swing 15's on a 2nd gen, I think 16's the smallest. the way I see it, theres only one way to find out good sir

 

Yes yes there is only one way

 

Make it fit!

 

Went and looked at a 2003 1st gen that was in a accident today. It’s a v6 standard 4x4 with under 200000km. The owner said he did a lot of work to it. The truck took a good hit to the passenger side took out Balljoints and broke spindle, bumper, rad, fan, head light fender, frame is twisted and has rust issues, tailgate bent, cab has surface rust box has rust bubbles around the fender flares. I made him a offer but we will see